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UtopiA Spa & Fitness Opens in Tolland
in Colonial Square on Hartford Turn- pike. UtopiA Spa & Fitness believes in a healthier body, life, and planet and specializes in using products that are always safe, always green, and always work. The product line includes clean- ing, nutrition, weight loss, children, baby, hair, and beauty products. The services offered at the spa include
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manicures, pedicures, gel nails (with LCN), facials, hair removal, airbrush tan- ning, massage, and Reiki. The spa also offers educational seminars and nutri- tional assessments. The staff pampers and attends to each client’s special needs. The spa will host special events includ- ing Spa Birthday Parties, Bridal Showers, and Ladies Night/Day Out for friends and clubs. Group fitness classes will be starting soon, watch the website for the schedule of classes. Visit the spa, relax with the talented staff, and find your inner peace and UtopiA.
All of the spa’s offerings can be viewed at
www.utopiaspaandfitness.com. Questions should be directed to 860-871-7720.
olland is home to a new “green” business—UtopiA Spa & Fitness
Yoga Teacher Training for PTSD
uzanne Mannaforte has been volun- teering to teach yoga classes at the Newington Veterans Hospital for about two years. In working with the veter- ans, she learned to modify her classes to account for physical limitations and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) needs. Recently, she teamed up with Daniel Libby, a Postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, who was also working with veterans with PTSD. Together they put together a training program for Yoga Teachers to learn the special needs of working with PTSD. The training will be at Newington Yoga Center on October 1-3. As a yoga instructor and owner of Newington Yoga Center, Mannaforte had years
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of experience teaching yoga classes. But she quickly learned that people with trauma need the classes to be conducted differently than a traditional class. “Veterans with PTSD need to be able to see the door at all times so they feel safe, and they need to know and see where I am in the room at all times. In addition, touching can feel like a violation, so I had to be very mindful of that,” Mannaforte explains. The practice of yoga teaches us to turn inward, to pay attention, and to just notice.
We find balance in the mind and the body with this practice. We also cultivate a feeling of overall wellbeing. The turning inward process and the connection of mind-body are the reason millions of people are turning to yoga in these uncertain times. “That’s one of the reasons it works so well with people who suffer with PTSD. It
brings them back into their body. It gives them the opportunity to step back in slowly. The resting practices seem to be the perfect answer for this constant state of hyper- arousal,” says Mannaforte.
For more information on yoga for PTSD or the teacher’s training session in October, see
www.newingtonyogacenter.com. See ad pg. 22.
Apprenticeship Training in Cross Cultural Shamanism
emergence of returning to the “first instructions” of “first nations” people is now becom- ing main stream because these practices work and bring balance and healing to people. While utilizing the medical model, many people continue to suffer with imbalance,
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or emotional and physical ills. The Shamanic Arts integrate core universal laws while honoring our beloved relatives that we share this world with. Come and join a growing community of conscious individuals who seek to explore
personal and planetary healing through an apprenticeship in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross Cultural Shamanism. Beginning in September we are kicking off the first weekend of a five part series on the East Coast. The community will meet every 5-6 months for the formal training and meet in between classes for fire ceremonies and despacho’s as a community. Learn these ancient processes in a practical way to bring into your mod- ern life, and experience a community that values our Earth, our future, and each other! Weekend I is September 24, 25 & 26 at the Wisdom House Retreat Center in Litch-
field. It is an all-inclusive workshop Friday - Sunday, 2 nights lodging and all meals for $499. The commuter rate for the workshop (includes all meals but no lodging) is $449.
For additional information on the workshop series & to register go to audreybennett.
vpweb.com or call Audrey at 860-819-8570. See ad pg. 39.
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hamanic Arts are ancient Earth-based practices that have re- surfaced in a bold and beautiful way over the past 20 years. The
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